I think it is bad manners not to give someone the courtesy of awarding a 'Best Answer' when they may have gone to a lot of trouble to research something on others behalf.
2006-09-27 06:35:55 · 20 answers · asked by Fabien Tempest™ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Eduarodi : ...you hit the nail right on the head ! ( irony )
2006-09-27 06:55:39 · update #1
The only times I have not chosen a 'Best Answer' is when there are only 2, and neither really fit. Of course, I sit there and stew and think I should still choose one. Should I? I was just worrying about this very thing this morning, and now I get back on and your question is here, as if to prompt me to go back and select! I'll do that right now...
2006-09-27 06:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by shellbugger 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe they're taking a stab at playing the points game themselves. I understand that you get your 5 points back if no best answer is selected, so I guess they're hoping that if they don't make a selection, no one will when it goes to vote, and they'll get their points back.
Pretty rude, if you ask me. I figure I'm on here to get information, so if I ask a question, then I'll award points to the best answer, regardless of whether or not it's what I was looking for. Someone took the time to help me out...
2006-09-27 14:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by JenV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, supposedly they're here to get information, so once they have it, the matter is closed for them, or maybe they're rushing off to use what they've learned here. Picking a best answer is a nice courtesy, but as you noted, all too few people today know the meaning or the value of courtesy!
2006-09-27 14:06:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have asked questions and chosen a best answer in all but one case which I put up for a vote.
The reason I put that one up for a vote was that my question was a survey type of question and I wanted to continue the survey by seeing what other people thought was the best answer.
I cast my vote and found out I was the only one who voted for that particular answer. The answer that won was very different from the one I chose.
I did have the thought that the answer I voted for was really well thought out and deserved recognition. But interestingly it didn't even get a thumbs-up rating like many other answers did! I felt bad for the person.
But all in all, the survey was conducted more thoroughly by putting the answers up for a vote.
2006-09-27 14:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by onearth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that many people who ask questions are most interested in having the answer to the question. With many questions, the answers come in way before the four-hour "best answer" time limit comes into effect. So they will already have their curiosity satisfied but probably still not be online or thinking of the question when it's time to choose a best answer.
2006-09-27 22:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. It is terribly disappointing to find the asker doesn't care enough to actually choose the best answer.
I can understand that when you ask a question that gives you about 40 replies, and all of them seem to be saying the same thing, it can be a bit daunting. But you asked the question, so it is your responsibility to choose what you think is the Best Answer.
Often, people who answer a question put in a lot of thought and time. If the Asker chooses another Best Answer, to theirs they don't mind because the point is to help. But forgetting about your own question is really rude.
What is worse, someone recently told me about the "In Voting" short-cut to points. So simple - you go back to the question and vote for your own answer (as long as you remember it because it is anonymous) and if you have friends doing Yahoo Answers too, you get them to vote for your answer too!
I think that should be abuse-reportable! What satisfaction can you get from that, other than extra points? It isn't supposed to be about points anyway. True, I feel good when my answer is picked as best, but it is because I have given something to someone, not because I got points.
This service is becoming depressing. I think the "In-Voting" needs to be changed so that you can't vote for yourself. But preferably, it shouldn't be there at all and the asker MUST choose.
2006-09-27 14:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah but sometimes there isnt a best answer and only one person answers who doesnt say anything important or even to do with the question so i don't bother when they do that
2006-09-27 13:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think some of them just put a question on to see what response they get, or just plain ignorant or they have had several answers similar and find it difficult to decide which on to pick and leave it to Yahoo Team to decide
2006-09-27 13:45:56 · answer #8 · answered by braveheart321 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have never failed to decide on a best answer. Nor will I. I think it is part of hte process and the only way to 'play fair'.
2006-09-27 13:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I asked a computer question yesterday and all I got was crap that didn't help me at all. I'm not choosing a best answer because they all sucked.
2006-09-27 13:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by Peri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋